汗 – sweat, perspire

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1502 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 汗 means sweat, perspire. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あせ (ase). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	あせ	ase

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 干・汁.

Words using 汗

汗あせsweat

Example sentences

額の汗をふきなさい。

Wipe the sweat from your brow.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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